Ojoba Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Ojoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 322 | 1:550,133 | 26,837 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Ojoba (19) may also be a first name.
Ojoba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojoba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojoba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ojoba.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojoba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 837,371st most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojoba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 550,133. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 30 percent reside, Delta, where 20 percent reside and Edo, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ojoba
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